Effects of seasonal variations on coronary artery surgery

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 388-392

  Konuralp, Cüneyt ^a   Ketenci, Bülend ^a   Özay, Batuhan ^a   Idiz, Mustafa ^a   Saskin, Hüseyin ^a   Tavli, Mine ^a   Seki, Ibrahim ^b   Kanca, Atilla ^a  

^a Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Natchez Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEASONS;

EID: 0036963703     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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